Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

You Know You're Ready to Start Thinking About Adoption When . . . - Weekend Wisdom

May 26, 2024 Creating a Family Season 18 Episode 42
You Know You're Ready to Start Thinking About Adoption When . . . - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
You Know You're Ready to Start Thinking About Adoption When . . . - Weekend Wisdom
May 26, 2024 Season 18 Episode 42
Creating a Family

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Are you in infertility treatment but possibly considering adoption? Dawn outlines what couples may be considering, which indicates they are ready to consider adoption.

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Are you in infertility treatment but possibly considering adoption? Dawn outlines what couples may be considering, which indicates they are ready to consider adoption.

Resources:

This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

Support the Show.

Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.

Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

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 Welcome  everyone  to  Weekend  Wisdom  by  Creating  a  Family.  I'm  Dawn  Davenport.  You  probably  know  me  from  our  regular  Longform  podcast  that  we've  been  doing  now  for  17  years.
 That  one  is  about  an  hour.  Weekend  Wisdom  is  about  five,  10  minutes  max.  It's  where  we  answer  your  questions.  So  do  us  a  favor  and  send  us  your  questions.  You  can  send  them  to  info @creatingathamily .org.
 So  on  this  Weekend  Wisdom  we're  going  to  to  talk  to  the  people  who  are  infertility  treatment,  but  just  beginning  to  think  about  adoption.
 So  you  know  you're  ready  to  start  maybe  considering  the  possibility  of  maybe  adopting.  You've  been  infertility  treatment,  so  how  do  you  know  when  it's  time  to  move  to  a  different  option?
 All  right.  You  know  you  may  be...  ready  to  start  considering  adoption  or  at  least  the  possibility  of  adoption  when  the  thought  of  the  next  step  up  the  infertility  treatment  ladder  fills  you  with  weariness  rather  than  hope.
 Number  two,  you  find  yourself  noticing  families  that  don't  obviously  match  and  you  wonder  if  they  were  created  by  adoption.  Number  three.  you  make  note  that  these  families  act  like  other  families.
 Number  four,  you  make  a  second  note  that  these  families,  especially  the  parents,  look  happy.  Number  five,  when  you  hear  of  children  in  orphanages  around  the  world  or  kids  in  foster  care  in  the  US,
 rather  than  thinking  how  sad  you  think,  hmm,  I  wonder.  Number  six,  just  the  tiniest  little  piece  of  you  is  more  curious  than  afraid  of  the  thought  of  adopting.
 Number  seven,  you  start  to  find  those  lists  of  famous  adopted  people.  Fascinating.  I  mean,  who  knew  that  Keegan -Michael  Key  or  Simone  Biles  or  Lana  Condor,  which  by  the  way  is  the  actor  who  played  Laura  Gene  Covey  and  to  all  the  boys  I've  loved  before  series,
 when  you  find  out  those  people  were  adopted.  And  number  eight,  you  start  to  find  those  lists  of  famous  adopted  people.  may  have  to  say  no  to  more  fertility  treatment.  I  hope  this  is  helpful.
 I  hope  it's  inspiring.  I  hope  it  helps  you  make  decisions  on  your  fertility  and  adoption  journey.  Remember  to  send  in  your  questions  to  info @creatingafamily .org.
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